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LANDOVER, Md. — It took seven tries over 16 seasons, but the Seattle Seahawks finally beat the Washington Redskins again. The reigning Super Bowl champions jumped to a 17-point lead in the second quarter and held on for a 27-17 victory Monday over the NFC East's cellar-dweller. Quarterback Russell Wilson dominated early with his arm and his legs, passing for one touchdown and running for another, propelling Seattle to a 17-0 edge with 4:37 left in the second quarter. Wilson finished with a career-high 122 rushing yards on just 11 carries and completed 18 of 24 passes for 201 yards. The Seahawks (3-1) committed 12 penalties, three of them wiping out potential...

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LANDOVER, Md. — It took seven tries over 16 seasons, but the Seattle Seahawks finally beat the Washington Redskins again.
The reigning Super Bowl champions jumped to a 17-point lead in the second quarter and held on for a 27-17 victory Monday over...

BLACKSBURG — Virginia Tech football's three new staff members arrive with a Super Bowl ring, national championship bling and Tom Brady's cell number, respectively. They appear to be smart, affable and demanding.
Now we'll see if they can coach.
The...

A chance. That's all Mike Tomlin ever wanted.It didn't matter whether he was a 103-pound budding junior varsity defensive back, a 5-year-old playing cards with his mom and older brother, a seventh-grader taking a crack at high school trigonometry or a...

Just a year ago, Jimmy Graham went through a public battle for his football identity. Was he a 6-foot-7 receiver who also lined up at tight end, or a 265-pound tight end who also split out like a receiver? Caught in a contract dispute with the New...

Greg Hardy coming to Seattle? Michael Bennett leaving? According to the Seattle Seahawks, the answer is no to each question, as the team squashed rumors that erupted Tuesday morning concerning each player. First came reports that the controversial...

It began with a cursory phone call and ended with the two-time NFC champion Seattle Seahawks landing one of the top tight ends in the NFL. Jimmy Graham is taking his touchdowns and goalpost dunks to the Pacific Northwest. "This is an offensive weapon...

The NFL's business season began with a bang. Several actually: trades, retirements and, yes, even some big free agent moves. It wasn't until mid-evening Tuesday that the first huge star took advantage of free agency: Darrelle Revis returning to the Jets...

"Beast Mode" is getting paid. Marshawn Lynch is receiving a hefty raise for at least one more season in the Seattle Seahawks backfield. Lynch signed a two-year extension with the Seahawks on Friday that keeps him under contract with Seattle...

The new contract was more than enough to turn Marshawn Lynch into Upbeat Mode. But then, as Lynch prepared to travel from Oakland, Calif., to Seattle to consummate the deal, Doug Hendrickson, his agent, told him that Seahawks owner Paul Allen would...

The Seahawks signed running back Marshawn Lynch to a two-year extension through 2017, the team announced on Friday. Lynch's new deal is worth $24 million with $12 million of that guaranteed, according to a source. Lynch met with his agent Doug...

NEW YORK — If Knicks President Phil Jackson had his way, Steve Kerr would be coaching at Madison Square Garden on a regular basis.
Instead, Kerr roamed the sideline Sunday night for just the second time, coaching the West All-Stars eight days after his...

The Southland's Super Bowl debate began a week early, at a church casino night in Baldwin Park, around a blackjack table with worthless chips and priceless banter.
On one side of the green felt, an esteemed member of St. John the Baptist Church was...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Tom Brady grew up idolizing Joe Montana in San Mateo, Calif., with his father taking him to 49ers games as a young boy.
There are photos of Brady dressed as Joe Cool as a kid, and as a 4-year-old, Brady was at Candlestick Park for...

PHOENIX — With a bank of cameras focused on him, Bill Belichick sauntered to his seat as media day began Tuesday at US Airways Arena.
Dressed in a blue hooded sweatshirt, jeans and flip flops, Belichick smiled as he settled behind the microphone. If he...

Everybody is making a big deal out of Marshawn Lynch not wanting to talk to reporters, but Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll doesn't have a problem with his hardly quotable running back.
Carroll defended Lynch during a news conference Wednesday, saying...

Russell Wilson called it "heartbreaking."
Andrew Luck said "it stinks."
"We need to make sure we never have this feeling again," Tom Brady said.
"R-E-L-A-X," Aaron Rodgers implored fans.
All four NFL teams still...

A coach uses a stopwatch to time players.
After Super Bowl XLIX, the Seattle Seahawks might as well put a stopwatch on defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, because it's probably only a matter of moments before he's named the new head coach of the Atlanta...

Patriots pass offense vs. Seahawks pass defense
Not a good matchup for the Patriots. The Seahawks get a good pass rush with four players and can drop seven into coverage, allowing the “Legion of Boom” secondary to work its magic. Receiver Brandon...

Oh, the possibilities.
After 19 weeks of games, the NFL has narrowed its field to four teams — Seattle, Green Bay, New England and Indianapolis — with four possible Super Bowl permutations.
This weekend's conference title games are rematches, with the...